Information
Technology Sector
Sector
Overview
The Information
Technology Sector is central to the nation's security, economy, and public
health and safety. Businesses, governments, academia, and private citizens are
increasingly dependent upon Information Technology Sector functions. These
virtual and distributed functions produce and provide hardware, software, and
information technology systems and services, and - in collaboration with the
Communications Sector - the Internet. The sector's complex and dynamic
environment makes identifying threats and assessing vulnerabilities difficult
and requires that these tasks be addressed in a collaborative and creative
fashion.
Information
Technology Sector functions are operated by a combination of entities - often
owners and operators and their respective associations - that maintain and
reconstitute the network, including the Internet. Although information
technology infrastructure has a certain level of inherent resilience, its
interdependent and interconnected structure presents challenges as well as
opportunities for coordinating public and private sector preparedness and
protection activities.
Sector-Specific
Plan
The Information
Technology Sector-Specific Plan (PDF, 88 pages – 2.2 MB) details how the
National Infrastructure Protection Plan risk management framework is
implemented within the context of the unique characteristics and risk landscape
of the sector. Each Sector-Specific Agency develops a sector-specific plan
through a coordinated effort involving its public and private sector partners.
The Department of Homeland Security is designated as the Sector-Specific Agency
for the Information Technology Sector.
Sector Resources
For resources
available to Information Technology Sector partners, check out the links on the
right hand sidebar.
Last Published
Date: June 12, 2014
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